New Bible Training Center

On March 1st we started our new Bible Training Center. This has been a big step by myself and the family. When I say family I am also talking about my Father in law, mother in law and my wife's brother and sisters. Of course Jeremiah is on the team but a little small right now. We have eight students and in a week or so we will have ten. This is all that I want this first quarter. The school will run for twelve weeks and will cover six subjects. All the students come from the Burma side of the border although we do have Thai students that come for music class in the afternoon. Our schedule is quite simple. School in the mornings from 9:00AM to 12:00 noon. Our afternoons have music, English and practical ministry which is keeping the grounds of the church cleaned. We hold the school at a Thai church, which is the church my wife and I have decided to attend. To get the school started we had to buy beds, closets, tables, dishes, pots and cooking items. We also had to fix the local Pastor's small pickup. We don't have transportation other than our motorcycle. The expenses have really challenged us but we believe this is what God wants us to take charge of and also God is big enough! Thank you to everybody praying for us and contributing to this new expansion in ministry!

Pictures Of Our Property Landscaped

During the month of February we had the property landscaped. We had more dirt removed from the top of the property and used the dirt to fill in the lower side of the property. The high side of the land is on the north side. Next we will be doing the work for water drainage. Thank you for helping us on this project.

Christmas 2014

This past Christmas season we had a party for about 120 Burmese children. We wanted them to remember this party. Two of our former Bible School students who are my brother in law Samuel, and sister in law Sarah have been helping with the children a few days a week teaching them English and bible lessons. We appreciate Samuel helping these students. We gave these children the best meal possible as well as a gift for each one of them. We trust this was a one of the best Christmas seasons that they have had. Seeing these children eat the meals (they don't have very many good meals during the year) and open a gift was very gratifying was us. We are believing that we will be able to make a big impression upon the peoples of Myanmar and children of Myanmar as we continue to go ahead with our plans in the next months and years. Believe with us for the finances and resources to build a training center in Myanmar.

Preparing For Christmas

On Saturday the 13th we will be having a Christmas for children in Myanmar. My family have been working with the children over the past few months and we decided to give them a good Christmas meal and some gifts. The children very very rarely have a decent meal so we plan to give them one this weekend. The children will be doing drama and playing games. The children in Myanmar have desperate needs. So many of them lack proper education and oversight. Believe with us that we make an impact this weekend. We appreciate your giving towards this event this weekend. There will be about 120 children at this event...some will have to come by a van we are renting. Any contributions can be directed to the address on the blog make sure you mention my name as well as that the gift is for the children. Thank you very much!

Thanksgiving Service

This past month I was able to minister in two different thanksgiving services in a couple of Ahka villages. I had no idea that these small villages celebrated thanksgiving. In many ways they celebrate the same way we do with a big thanksgiving dinner. The only thing I missed was Turkey dinner. Both of the services I was able to minister in, I ministered on the power of a thankful heart.

Pictures Of Land Project

Just an update with concerning the project with the land. We have done quite a bit of landscaping...and will have to do some more especially with water drainage, and the filling in with some dirt on the front side of the property. The project has taken more finances than I would have thought. Of course this is all a learning process for me. I have been getting some good advice from some of my friends here in Thailand who have developed their own properties. The property is roughly about 2 acres in size. Thank you for helping us in this endeavor.

October 2014

This past month was quite a busy month for us. I had the honor of ministering again at "Kingdom Bible School" which is made up of mostly Burmese student. The subject was on servant leadership and it gave me the opportunity to review this subject from another viewpoint. Also I crossed into Burma with my father in-law and brother in-law Samuel. We ministered in a couple of different Ahka Baptist Churches in the Shan State. The churches have a wonderful heritage and I look forward to ministering again in their churches. On the third Saturday of the month we crossed again to minister in another church. But the message was on "thanksgiving" as they were celebrating their "thanksgiving." Their holiday resembled ours at home in America as they gave thanks for their harvest season as most of the harvesting for rice was completed during October. Also during this month wife Elizabeth, my son Jeremiah and myself went to Nong Khai Thailand. I needed to take my son across to Vientiane Laos to put a new non-immigrant visa in his passport. My wife stayed in Thailand during our two-day trip into Laos and my son handled the trip much better than I had thought he would. As for the property we put another $1700 into the landscaping of the property. This project with the land is costing a more than I had initially thought...but it will be well worth it when we finish. Thanks so much for all the prayer, support and encouragement!